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Lili Ice Cream…

Pam Sparks26 Comments
Info-mercial….and then on to my card….I wanted to let you know some fun Inky Impressions News…. On the Inky Impressions yahoo group check out the monthly challenges and play along  for a chance at a fabulous prize. For the first challenge, one lucky stamper will receive a gift certificate to the Inky store and the prize for the second challenge is your card would be featured on the Inky Impressions yahoo group home page for the next month!!!
Here’s what you need to know …

#1. Every month on the Inky Impressions yahoo group there will be a Home Page contest with a monthly theme. This month the theme is FLOWERS. The winner will have their card displayed for the whole month of June to greet our members every time they sign on to the group. You have till the end of May to enter this contest. Add your photo to the June Homepage Photo album on the yahoo group site.

#2. There is also another challenge on the yahoo group during each month that will follow a theme. The winner will win a gift certificate generously donated by Nicole the owner of Inky Impressions to use at the Inky Impressions store. Woohoo!!! The theme for this month is SUMMER FUN. Please upload your entry to the May Monthly Challenge album in the Photo Album on the yahoo group. The winner will be announced at the beginning of June.

♥♥♥Both challenges are due the last day of the month and we will pick our winners and let you know soon after.♥♥♥

♥♥♥Gotta LOVE this ♥♥♥ just for joining Inky Impressions yahoo group you will automatically get 10% off your Inky Impressions orders. Come join the Inky Impressions yahoo group HERE.

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Rolled flowers,  hand stitching, stamping, coloring and punching,  oh and a little distressing!

I used quilting thread and a quilting teeny needle (size 12) to backstitch around the oval.  I pierced the holes first.  I need to find a little heavier thread though…last time I did this the thread was too heavy…gotta find that happy medium!  This Lili is so cute licking her ice cream cone – She looks like she could be taking a break from working at a drive up ice cream shoppe…one thing about an ice cream shoppe,  you know it’ll always be cool inside!  So… “have some ice cream”  is from a clear stamp set by Hero Arts HERE.

I tried rolled flowers (how to HERE) …I like it!  A one and a quarter inch circle punch for the larger and one inch for the four smaller flowers. The branch is from the Punch Bunch.  The heart stick pin is from Fancy Pants and the pink heart pearl is from Hero Arts HERE.

You can buy Lili Ice Cream HERE,  the border punch HERE,  the nestabilities oval dies HERE,  stamping ink HERE,  Bazzill 3mm teeny brads HERE,  Copics for coloring HERE and the Tim Holtz distressing tool HERE.

Linking to these Challenge blogs…

Have a relaxing and thankful Memorial weekend!  ♥  I appreciate you coming by to visit!

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A Splendid Adventure….

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Honey Sailor is setting out to travel/explore…a Splendid Adventure!

This week for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog,  Janneke created a sketch for us to follow.  Thanks to Janneke’s inspiration and ideas, I’m learning to love using sketches!  I started from the base up for today’s card.  Picked three colors of Bazzill monochromatic card-stocks, my favorite ever kraft and set out to conquer this sketch challenge!  Yep a splendid adventure indeed…I had fun! lol

We’d LOVE to have you join us in the challenge this week…here is what you’ll want to know to play…

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday June 1st to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use Janneke’s sketch on your card or project
  • Have FUN!

I stamped Honey Sailor from CC Designs with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers.  Cuttlebug 2×6 dies for the beach elements….EK Success border punch.  A Splendid Adventure is a Stampers Anonymous stamp…Explore and Travel are from a set by PSX all stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink.  I stamped the Sanded background stamp from Stampin Up with Walnut Stain distress ink on the kraft card-stock and elements.  The papers are all edged with Walnut Stain distress ink and the ink blending tool. I “always” work on the craft mat so the ink goes onto the paper from the mat so easily,  much better than working on scrap paper!  really,  it’s amazing and you use less ink and faster!!!  I scored my card base with Martha Stewart’s score board…love it!  So accurate!

♥Tab has added new stamps this week!!!   CC Designs (Adorable Darby and Penelope that I did last week, Honey and Swiss Pixies and more),  Whiff of Joy and you can pre-order the June, Bon Voyage issue of the Magnolia Ink too! 10% off her already discounted prices! LOVE that! ♥♥♥

Here’s Honey waving good-bye for now!


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The PINK Tractor Birthday Canvas…

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This little 6×6 canvas is going to sit on Anya’s shelf or hang on her wall in her bedroom.  Doesn’t it make you smile! lol  I love this little Ally Rose from High Hopes and perched on the pink tractor ?!  ADORABLE! (ETA – the tractor is also from High Hopes,  Tab at 7KidsCollegeFund said she will order the tractor on her next HH order,  so keep checking back for it from my High Hopes link) THX!

Ally Rose and the Tractor are stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Doily Lace border punch by Martha Stewart

Bazzill Card-stock – 6×6 canvas (the company is out of business) – My Minds Eye Quite Contrary pattern paper

Background is added with the ink blending tool and Summer Sky Memento ink pad

I scuffed up the edges of the paper with the Tim Holtz Distresser tool…

The challenge at High Hopes Challenge Blog this week is a Baby card or card for a young child….so I’m linking this up to their challenge since Anya just turned five…I think that is still young! lol

Smile…so glad it’s Spring!

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Darby and Penelope…dry embossing

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Welcome to my All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday challenge post… scroll down for my earlier today Inky Impressions Challenge blog post.  Lesa challenged us this week to use dry embossing…here’s what you need to know to play and an awesome prize this week too!!!!  4 single or 1 set of CC Designs stamps!!!

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday May 25th to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use dry embossing on your card or project

READY, SET, PLAY!!!

Just totally charming… adorable…sweet!  look at their eyes!

I’m linking to…

Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog… I used their sketch… I had to turn it but I love how it turned out!  Thank you gals!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog’s theme this week is Someone Special

Paper Play Challenges – use the color Brown plus another color or colors

Holler if I’ve missed something…my eyes are tired today! lol  Appreciate you visiting and love your encouraging words!

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Spring Cleaning…(did I say that?!)

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My card for Inky Impressions Challenge #35….

yep, that time of year… I always find myself thinking when I’m cleaning…some kind of rescue mechanism!  I end up stopping and going to do what I thought of and then who knows when getting back to cleaning….been a long pause around here! lol

I used Lili’s Cleaning Day rubber stamp from Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps…I’ll tell you a secret…ha! you probably already know!  I colored the dots on her shirt with a white signo/uniball gel pen,  let them dry and then colored right over them with the pink copics!!!  Didn’t even have to go back and wipe off the white…the dried white ink repelled the copic marker perfect and made for easy coloring!

  • Lili is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink (want a discount on your Inky Impressions order? Join us at the Inky Yahoo Group for details – link to the yahoo group is on the challenge blog)
  • colored with Copic Sketch Markers
  • K &Co. pattern paper
  • Bazzill card-stock
  • Martha Stewart Spring border punch – little butterflies are from this Butterfly border punch
  • Quickutz 4×4 flower die (a bunch on here and I layered them up)
  • Sizzix leaf branch (came in a set of four,  the medium size sizzlets)
  • Sentiment from Wordsworth
  • Itty Bitty 3 mm brads by Bazzill
  • background stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms
  • EK Success oval punch for the rug

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge this week is cute and girly…well,  Lili is all of that!

Paper Take Weekly Challenge this week is “Say it with Flowers”… that’s the challenge for Inky Impressions also…using the word FLOWER

Stampavie and More Challenge this week is Flower Power

Happy Wednesday….one more post coming at you in a little bit!  So much cute new stuff…I could stamp and color 24/7!!!